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NBN is down

Internet went down about 20 mins ago but we are good as the Telstra Smart Modem Gen 2 has switched over to mobile backup for both both internet and phone.

Day two without our Lenovo AIO desktop

Which has gone in for warranty service – intermittently runs hot. This will be the last time cos the 3 year warranty has like two weeks left. So…back to the faithful Scorptec box which these days normally resides in Al’s Workshop.

IPTV Pro purchase

IPTV – been using the free version for a while and now that Foxtel is cancelled (return box tomorrow) decided to buy the full IPTV Pro version. Going around installing on all the devices, Lenovo AIO Win10, balcony and lounge Android TV boxes, several tablets and just finished setting up my Samsung J7 Pro.

Playlists – configured all of the above for Ozzie TV all states m3u & EPG and Fluxus IPTV worldwide m3u but no EPG and Fluxus Cinema.

Lenovo Family Cloud

Invitation from Lenovo try out the following products:

Lenovo Family Cloud (Client – phones/tablets)
Lenovo Family Cloud Server (Server – Win10/64bit PC)

Went to my bookmarked Lenovo system scan webpage and one of the software items on the list was indeed the Lenovo Family Cloud Server, went ahead and installed that with no issues. Continue reading “Lenovo Family Cloud”

Facebook – Activity log

Something that has bugged me with the activity log is the ability to go back directly to a specific year AND month. The main reason for this is when I fall behind with updating my WordPress blog to match my Facebook posts it requires to much effort painfully paging down through the activity log to find specific posts. Same for when I go through my photo archives and come across pictures and would like to review the related Facebook posts where they were used – if that makes sense.

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Windows 10 Creators Update – subtle changes.

Task bar network icon now has a Wi-Fi dropdown box which is good but even better for me is the Mobile hotspot – to easily connect to my Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro during power outages.

Windows 10 Creators Update – Win+X ???

After updating this morning and getting familiar with WCU 1709 through the day, inevitably I have come across a change I don’t like – but not a big deal.

Microsoft has removed the traditional Control Panel from the Win+X menu, that’s the one you see when you right click the Start button from the desktop – bugger. Anyway I just searched for it and pinned to the Start. Continue reading “Windows 10 Creators Update – Win+X ???”

Windows 10 Creators Update

Still playing around with some of the new and improved stuff plus getting rid of all the kids games.

Edge for Win10 has indeed been improved, you can now even rename a Fav URL – LOL. Installed Edge for Android on my new Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro and yes it’s slick and fast.

Also updated to the latest GUI for Office Mobile Apps and some other stuff.